Anil Ambani, group chairman and CEO, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which owns brands like Zapak.com and BigAdda.com, has been recognised as â€˜Digital Entrepreneurâ€™ and â€˜Digital Personâ€™ of the Year (2009) at Indian Digital Media Awards (IDMA) 2010 held in Mumbai on March 11, 2010.

Anil Ambani, group chairman and CEO, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, which owns brands like Zapak.com and BigAdda.com, has been recognised as â€˜Digital Entrepreneurâ€™ and â€˜Digital Personâ€™ of the Year (2009) at Indian Digital Media Awards (IDMA) 2010 held in Mumbai on March 11, 2010.

Shashi Tharoor, minister of state for external affairs, Govt of India, and a prolific user of Twitter.com with more than 6.8 lakh followers on the micro blogging site, has received the honour for evangelising and popularising the digital medium.

IDMA 2010, an initiative of exchange4media group, attracted more than 400 entries to compete for the 23 digital awards across six main categories and 19 sub categories. The jury consisted of top professionals in advertising, media and marketing, including the digital and mobile media, and was chaired by digital media veteran Mahendra Swarup, chief mentor, Smile Interactive Technologies Group.

â€œIt is a great honour, a recognition of the faith internet users have reposed in us,â€ Faisal Farooqui, CEO, MouthShut.com, has said. â€œWe concentrated on pampering our users, communicating with them, establishing a trust and building a community on the internet. They loved us and started talking about MouthShut.com and the proverbial word-of-mouth effect happened. We are growing leaps and bounds without having to really spend top dollars that a similar venture would have justified.â€

G2 Direct & Digital was recognised as â€˜Best Digital Agencyâ€™, while Tata Tea was recognised as â€˜Best Digital Advertiser of the year (2009)â€™. Webchutney won the award for Virgin Mobileâ€™s IndianHatkeLeague.com under â€˜Best Integrated Digital Campaign of the Yearâ€™.

The award for â€˜Best Use of Online Banner Advertisingâ€™ and â€˜Best Use of Online Banner Advertising in Rich Mediaâ€™ went to Taproot India for Nirma Bartan and Pinstorm for CNN.com, respectively.

Experience Commerce won the award for The Great Driving Challenge under the â€˜Best Use of Social Mediaâ€™ category, while BC Web Wise grabbed the â€˜Best Use of Viral Marketingâ€™ award for Virgin Mobile.

The award for â€˜Best Use of Mobile Advertisingâ€™ went to Maxus for Nokia Music Store. G2 Direct & Digital also won the â€˜Best Use of Email Marketingâ€™ award, while BigFlix.com won the â€˜Best Mobile Appâ€™ award for its movie rental mobile app.

Webdunia.com won the award for â€˜Best Use of Language in Online Advertisingâ€™. Ignitee Digital Solutions won the award under the â€˜Best Use of Gaming as a Tool for Advertisingâ€™ category for Madhya Pradesh Tourism. [Source: exchange4media]

Pankaj Jain, president and COO, Webdunia.com, has said, â€œIt was a challenge to get big brand advertisers like Microsoft, TBZ, SBI, IDBI, BharatMatrimony and many more in Indian Language advertising. Webdunia took the initiative and converted their English Language creatives to Hindi and other Indian languages. Our process of integrating creative ideas and innovations into the local flavour has been a winning formula for us and our clients.â€

The team comprising Praneeth Reddy of Media Contacts and Zapakâ€™s Eklavya Bhattacharya has won the Mumbai Round of the â€˜Digital Quiz (DQ), Will You Clickâ€™ contest. The contest, also an initiative of the exchange4media group, was held in Mumbai on March 11, 2010 and covered all aspects of the digital world — internet, mobile, gaming, animation and technology. [Source: exchange4media]